Combined bushing and clamp for electric cables.



o. IVI'oEssIIEII. COMBINED BUSHING AND CLAMP FOR ELECTRIC CABLES.

'APPLICATION FILED Aue.6. I9I3.

00 2 w. N m m Irv ow D1 @TTU MESSNER, 01E' PHILADFLPHIA., PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED BUSHENG AND CLAMP FUR. ELECTRIC CLES..

Specification ot Letters Patent.

, Fatented Nov. 23, ll9t5..

application nica August t, 19m. [terial No. 'tdtd To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that lt, Urro Monssxnu, a citizen ot the llnited States. residing in the city ot Philadelphia, county ot Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania. have 1nvented a Combined Bushing and Clamp for Electric Cables, of which the 'following is a specitication.

My invention is designed to provide improved means for securing electric cables,

articularly of the armored type, to outlet boxes and preventing the abrasion of the insulation of the electric wires.

lin the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation ot an outlet box, cable and connecting mechanism, taken "on the line 1-'-1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line Q-2 ot Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detached clamp and bushing made in accordance with my invention; Fig. i is a art sectional elevation of an outlet box having a modified tormot my improved clamp and bushing. applied thereto; and Fig. 5 is a erspective view of the detached bushing wliich is shown in combination in Fig. t.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the clamping and protecting device comprises the open bodies or cylindrical segments 1 having their extremities parallel to their axes or length. These bodies are connected by the webs 2 and 3 containing the holes 4, an end of eachbody being provided lwith the inwardly projectingv circular tlange or bushing 5 with rounded interior surface. This device is fixed in the outlet box 6 by the screw 7 which passes through the holes t and makes a threaded engagement with a wall ot the box, the sockets formed by the parts 1 and 5 being placed in registration with the holes 8 ot' the box.

The covering or armor 9 of each cable passes through a hole 8 into a part 1 and the insulated conductor 9 within the armor passes through a bushing 5, the cable when thus placed being clamped by drawing up the screw T so as to cause the parts 1 to be iirmly engaged to the covering or armor. As the inner edgeI ot' the bushing is rounded, suitably b v turning in the sheet metal cut out in forming the hole therethrough, the covered conductors can be bent over the bushing without cutting the insulation thereon either by the bushing or the end of the armor since the bushing prevents sharp contact between the insulation and the end of the armor.

its illustrated. in Figs. t and 5, the device may be made single, particularly where the cables are not arranged in parallel relation. The single device comprises an open body or cylindrical segment 1 having its extremities parallel to its length rovided with the webs 2 and 3' containing oles t', an end of the body 1 being provided with the open bushing 5 which is turned up from the metal of the body and has a rounded inner edge. IThis device is xed to the outlet box 6 by the screw 7 which passes through the holes 4 into the box to fix the device in position and draw it up on the cable inserted therein.

llt will be understood that the device, which is resilient, can be made of sheet metal pressed to shape by suitable dies, at small cost, and also that it is adapted tor holding wire conduits of general character.

Having described my invention, l claim:

1. lin a device ot the character described, the combination with an outlet box, a clamp and bushing comprising an open resilient body with laterally projecting webs, an inturned Harige extending transversely' to said webs, and means passing through said webs for contracting said body and enga-ging it to said outlet box.

2. In a device of the character described, a clamp and bushing comprising a pair ot open resilient bodies having inturned danges at extremities thereof forming closed rings, webs connecting said bodies, and means for drawing said webs together whereby said bodies are adapted to be clamped on a cable.

3. ln a device of the character described, a pair of open resilient bodies havin@ inturned Hanges at extremities thereof orming closed rings and webs-connecting said bodies, said bodies and Hanges providing sockets for wire conduits, and means for drawing said webs together so as to clamp said bodies on conduits therein.

ln testimony whereof li have hereunto set my hand this 25th day ot July,1913, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

OTT() MOESSNER.

Witnesses:

Jos. G. DENNY, Jr., GEO. A. Conner. 

